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Machinist

INVISTA
life insurance, parental leave
United States, Texas, Victoria
Jan 14, 2025
Our INVISTA Victoria, TX Maintenance Team is seeking highly skilled, and innovative leaders to join our team as a Machinist.

Our Team

We look for team members to help us use precision capabilities to create superior value and strengthen our competitive advantage in the growing nylon intermediates market. Employees will help us achieve our Operations Vision by performing with a Business Owner mentality. Discover and grow your unique capabilities to help us achieve the most value and drive personal satisfaction in your career!

What You Will Do
* Operate various shop machining equipment such as manual and CNC lathes and mills to achieve required precision tolerances, as well as surface polishing to light band quality.
* Perform field equipment machining (heads, flanges, milling equipment bases, etc.)
* Reference industry and OEM guides and drawings to understand required assembly tolerances.
* Drive value creation in the areas of reverse engineering of parts, inspection, shop equipment testing, and precision manual and CNC machining.
* Proactively identify improvement opportunities in our work backlog, processes, practices, shop tools, and procedures
* Disassemble, inspect, measure, and manufacture damaged or deficient rotating & fixed equipment components.
* Support estimating, planning, materials, scheduling, and customer communication processes.
* Work with our vendors to build strategic partnerships to create superior value.
* Utilize CAD tools to document/update reverse engineering drawings.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
* Machinist experience operating manual lathes and mills.
* Experience using precision measuring tools and holding tight tolerances.
* Ability to read and follow blueprints.
* Ability to reproduce a part without a drawing (reverse engineer).
* Proficient in computer technology.

What Will Put You Ahead
* Experience operating balance machines, ability to set up and balance impellers, shafts, and rotating equipment.
* Specific programming and machining skills in CNC Lathes and Mills.
* Leadership capability experience.
* Experience in inspection and repair of medium to large rotating equipment casings, shafts, and other parts (i.e.: line boring, milling split lines, drill & tap, etc.).
* Experience in field equipment machining (heads, flanges, milling equipment bases, etc.).
* Inspection experience using 3D parts Scanning and/or precision inspection, drawing development tools such as CAD design.
* Experience using a workflow/work order system or computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) such as SAP and Lean Kit.
* Use of CAM software to program CNC.

Physical Requirements
* Work schedule is subject to change with notification, depending upon business needs. Additionally, must be available to work scheduled (Planned) or unscheduled (unplanned/short-notice hours on nights and/or weekends, holidays as needed), to meet business needs.
* Required to wear any or all the following PPE: safety glasses, hearing protection, goggles, hard hats, FRC, gloves, and safety boots. PPE use is in accordance with the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) for a given task.
* Ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
* Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.
* Ability to work in hot, cold, and inclement climate conditions.
* Must be able to climb stairs, ladders, ladders on vessels and columns, ladders associated with scaffolds

This role is not eligible for Visa sponsorship.

This role is subject to a pre-hire physical abilities test.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy [1] here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, INVISTA has a long history of working to make the world around you a better place. From parts for the automotive industry to medical equipment, air bags, food packaging and clothing, our ingredients in the nylon 6,6 and polypropylene value chains help bring many of life's essential products to market.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our [2] business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click [3] here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click [4] here, [5] aqui, or [6] tu).

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